HERE I AM TAKING YET ANOTHER BREAK FROM THE FIREPLACES TO WORK ON THE BOVIDA de CANYON IN THE ENTRY OF THIS HOME.
THE " CANYON " TERMINOLOGY COMES FROM IT BEING LONGER THAN IT IS WIDE. A BRICK CEILING THAT IS CLOSER TO BEING SQUARE IS SIMPLY CALLED A BOVIDA. BUT BOTH ARE BUILT OF BRICK, AND BOTH REQUIRE SKILL AND ENGINEERING TO SUCCESSFULLY BUILD. THE CONCRETE BOND BEAM RESTING ON TOP OF THE ADOBE WALLS DOES DOUBLE DUTY HERE BECAUSE IT IS ALSO RESISTING THE OUTWARD THRUST OF THE ARCH.
GET THIS WRONG, AND THE WHOLE THING FALLS DOWN.
THIS IS WHY I HAVE MY STRUCTURAL ENGINEER DESIGN THE SIZE AND
THE STEEL REINFORCING REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOND BEAM,
AND THEN I TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER.
THE ONE INCH WIDE PLWOOD FORM IS MOVED ALONG THE WALL AS I COMPLETE EACH COURSE. I ALSO NEED TO BACK PLASTER THE TOP OF THE BOVIDA, AND CLEAN THE JOINTS UNDERNEATH .
THE WHOLE THING WILL BE COVERED WITH INSULATION AND THE SECOND ROOF SO THE MAIN THING I AM CONCERNED WITH IS HOW IT LOOKS UNDERNEATH, AND THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF IT.
HEY KIDS, DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME !!!
BEFORE ANYONE SHOULD CONSIDER BUILDING A BOVIDA IT IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
EVERY ASPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT FROM THE FOOTINGS, TO THE WALL DESIGN, AND THE SIZE OF THE BOVIDA NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BY A LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
